Joe Towns Jr. — 2008 Tennessee House, District 84 campaign
2008 Tennessee House, District 84 · totals since Jul 1, 2007
Also ran for Criminal Court Clerk on Who Funds Memphis
Final This campaign’s election cycle is closed — no further reports for it are due, so these totals are settled rather than mid-race. They cover every filing we hold for the campaign; if the source archive later adds one, we load it. Full definition → · 7 filings · Year-End 2007–Q4 2008
Who funds this campaign The sources split breaks down the receipts the headline adds up, by the lines of each report behind it; its parts add up to the headline. Open its “Why this number?” for each report’s lines. Gift-size and location figures cover itemized contributions only. Aggregates count everyone who gave, including donors below the $200 disclosure floor — a share across all donors identifies no one. Full definition →
Largest part: organizations and PACs, itemized, 73% of receipts on these reports.
Where the money comes from Shares of itemized dollars, by the contributor’s state and city as filed. A city is named only when at least 5 donors gave from it or it holds at least 5% of the located dollars; everyone else is grouped into “elsewhere.” Shown only when at least 80% of dollars carry a usable state. Full definition →
87% of located dollars came from within Tennessee (13% from out of state).
- Nashville $11K59%
- Memphis $3K17%
- Philadelphia, PA $9005%
- Elsewhere in Tennessee $2K
- Other out-of-state $1K
Contributions & Spending Over Time
Itemized monetary contributions and expenditures by month — Jul 2007 – Jan 2009. Peak $4,800 in Jan 2008. Spending peaked at $3,726 in Jan 2008.
Contributions
The donor total above includes everyone who gave. This table names 37 donors: organizations, and people whose cumulative giving reached $200. 1 person gave less than $200 in cash; their gifts total $100 and their names are withheld.
| Donor | Donations | Net |
|---|---|---|
| Gary Odom | 3 | $2,000.00 |
| Tennessee Educ Assn Fund for Children Public Edu | 3 | $1,500.00 |
| Joe Towns Jr Self ↺ paid $1,700.00 | 3 | $1,450.00 |
| Wine & Spirits Wholesalers of Tennessee PAC (WSWT) | 2 | $1,000.00 |
| Fedex Corporation PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Memphis-PACE PAC | 1 | $1,000.00 |
| Comcast Corp PAC | 2 | $900.00 |
| Tennessee REALTORS PAC (RPAC) | 2 | $750.00 |
| Tennessee Podiatrists PAC | 1 | $500.00 |
| 3D Financial PAC | 2 | $500.00 |
| Donor | Location | Employer | Amount | Date |
|---|
Expenditures
| Vendor | Payments | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verizon | 8 | $4,010.48 | |
| Best Western Music Row | 10 | $1,792.06 | |
| Towns, Jr., Joe ↺ donor $1,450.00 | 2 | $1,700.00 | |
| Marriot Wardman Park Hotel | 1 | $911.44 | |
| Best Western | 8 | $720.90 | |
| Airtran Airline | 1 | $520.50 | |
| Days Inn | 3 | $483.00 | |
| Herron Travel Agency | 1 | $463.00 | |
| US Postal Service | 1 | $451.00 | |
| La Pasada Hotel | 1 | $350.00 | |
| Bookstar | 1 | $343.55 | |
| Towns, Barnzell | 2 | $300.00 | |
| Regions Bank | 2 | $298.00 | |
| Spin Street | 3 | $259.86 | |
| Lemoyne Owen College | 1 | $250.00 | |
| M. Ferguson | 1 | $250.00 | |
| Enterprise Car Rental | 1 | $248.92 | |
| Wolf Camera | 1 | $240.33 | |
| Romax Enterprise | 2 | $234.50 | |
| E. Peete | 1 | $200.00 | |
| Walgreens (Corporate Address) | 1 | $195.97 | |
| Dockery, Michael | 1 | $190.00 | |
| Thrift Rental Car | 1 | $179.71 | |
| The Ritz Carlton | 1 | $169.82 | |
| Artitudes | 1 | $165.51 | |
| Naclavegni Photos and Forms | 1 | $163.88 | |
| Target Store | 2 | $162.74 | |
| Legacy Hotel & Suites | 1 | $155.00 | |
| Thompson, Bret | 1 | $150.00 | |
| N.A.A.C.P | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Was Hington D.C. MLK Nat'l Memorial | 1 | $150.00 | |
| Walmart (Corporate Address) | 1 | $110.33 | |
| Cupboard Restaurant | 1 | $106.70 | |
| Memphis Links Chapter | 1 | $100.00 | |
| National Civil Rights Museum | 1 | $100.00 | |
| Montgomery Bell | 1 | $78.03 | |
| Loews Vanderbilt Plaza Hotel | 1 | $76.46 | |
| Towns, Sheila | 1 | $75.00 | |
| National Kidney Foundation | 1 | $75.00 | |
| Jones Jr., Willie | 1 | $70.00 | |
| Picadilly | 1 | $56.19 | |
| Minority Health Institute | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Johnson, Jason | 1 | $50.00 | |
| Border Books | 1 | $46.47 | |
| Gaylord Hotel | 1 | $43.70 | |
| Morton | 1 | $33.00 | |
| Smith, John | 1 | $30.00 | |
| Jane Pirtle | 1 | $30.00 | |
| State of Tennessee | 1 | $30.00 | |
| H.G. Hill Food Stores | 1 | $28.98 | |
| Kroger (Corporate Address) | 1 | $16.37 |
| Payee | Location | Purpose | Amount | Date |
|---|
Loans
$24,185.29 in loan balances shown. The filings date all of it to this campaign. Later reports can repeat an outstanding loan, so each reconstructed lender balance is counted once below.
| Lender | Type | Received | Balance shown | Repaid | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self (Joe Towns Jr.) | Candidate loan | — | $24,185.29 | $0.00 | $24,185.29 |
Loans
| Lender | Amount | Date Received | Outstanding | Repaid |
|---|
Each loan shows its balance as of the candidate's most recent filing; repayments since then appear when the next report is filed.
Filing History
Totals as filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance; see About for how this data is processed.
| Filing | Cash Beginning | Cash Ending | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2008 Amended | $14,933.58 | $32.59 | Source: Q4 2008 filing Report 38940 |
| Pre-General 2008 Amended | $13,983.40 | $14,933.58 | Source: Pre-General 2008 filing Report 30343 |
| Q3 2008 Amended | $13,722.52 | $13,983.40 | Source: Q3 2008 filing Report 30342 |
| Pre-Primary 2008 Amended | $13,125.34 | $13,722.52 | Source: Pre-Primary 2008 filing Report 30340 |
| Q2 2008 Amended | $15,041.59 | $13,125.34 | Source: Q2 2008 filing Report 30339 |
| Q1 2008 Amended | $12,016.66 | $10,551.11 | Source: Q1 2008 filing Report 33021 |
| Year-End 2007 Amended | $10,551.11 | $15,041.59 | Source: Year-End 2007 filing Report 32926 |